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An alchemist wearing a tall hat, sitting at a table containing his chemical instruments. Lithograph by H. Wood after F. Howard.
Frank HowardReference: 36278i
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An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by James Nasmyth.
James NasmythReference: 47333i
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An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.
Date: 1698Reference: 36157i
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An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 45084i
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M0018151: A young man blowing a bellows while an alchemist watches, engraving
Date: August 1960Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/161/65
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Medicine and magic in Elizabethan London : Simon Forman - astrologer, alchemist, and physician / Lauren Kassell.
Lauren KassellDate: 2005
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An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting after D. Teniers II.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 45088i
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M0005194: An alchemist at a workbench
Date: 22 May 1937Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/42/31
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
Archives and manuscripts
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M0003579: Reproduction of the painting "Alchemist in his laboratory" by Thomas Wijck (Thomas Wyck)
Date: 5 July 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/29/46
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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The devil's doctor : Paracelsus and the world of Renaissance magic and science / Philip Ball.
Philip BallDate: 2006
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M0003578: Reproduction of the painting "Alchemist in his laboratory" by Thomas Wijck (Thomas Wyck)
Date: 5 July 1933Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/29/45
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Johannes Banfi Hunyades 1576-1650 / by F. Sherwood Taylor and C.H. Josten.
F. Sherwood TaylorDate: 1953
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An alchemist with his assistants in his laboratory. Coloured lithograph by J. Cullum, ca. 1840, after D. Teniers the younger, 1640/1650.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 35907i
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M0007670: Interior with an alchemist seated at a table
Date: 27 January 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/66/8
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A young woman, perhaps Prudentia, warns an alchemist of the dangers of abusing fire: in the background fires rage in buildings and mines. Oil painting after Marten de Vos.
Maerten de VosReference: 45101i
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M0007664: An alchemist in his laboratory
Date: 27 January 1941Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/66/2
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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An alchemist in his laboratory. Oil painting by a follower of David Teniers the younger.
David Teniers the YoungerReference: 45129i
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An alchemist applying bellows to a fire beneath a retort. Oil painting by a Neapolitan painter, 18th (?) century.
Reference: 45137i
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Jakob Böhme und die Alchymisten : ein Beitrag zum Verständniss J. Böheme's Nebst einem Anhang: J.G. Gichtel's Leben und Irrthümer / von G.C. Adolf von Harless.
Gottlieb Christoph Adolf von HarlessDate: 1870
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M0010640: Portrait of Cornelius Drebbel (1572-1633)
Date: 31 May 1948Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/94/14
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Paracelsus : Arzt und Prophet : Annäherungen an Theophrastus von Hohenheim / Pirmin Meier.
Pirmin MeierDate: 1998
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An alchemist reading in a shadowy laboratory. Lithograph by C.F. Nantueil-Leboeuf after L-G-E. Isabey.
Eugène IsabeyDate: [between 1850? and 1875?]Reference: 37774i
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Interior with an alchemist seated at a table, looking out of the picture. Oil painting by Thomas Wijck (Thomas Wyck).
Thomas WijckReference: 45094i
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A professor of alchemy : (Denis Zachaire) / by Percy Ross.
Ross, PercyDate: 1887
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Interior with an alchemist making a gesture of surprise, and a female assistant. Oil painting by Thomas Wijck (Thomas Wyck).
Thomas WijckReference: 45093i